Towel-rack



(ModeL) J. BERGSTEN.

TOWEL RACK.

No. 320,211. Patented June 16, 1885.

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JOSEPH BEItGSTEN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

TOWEL-RACK.

@EECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,211, dated June16,1885.

Application filed January 6, 1885.

Z all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BERGSTEN, of Rockford, in the county of\Vinnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedTowel-Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive,convenient, and efficient rack for holding towels.

The invention consists in a towel-rack made with a fixed and anadjustable roller supported parallel with each other in end brackels,springs being provided to hold the rollers toward each other to clampthe towels between them.

Cams are arranged on one roller to act 011 the other roller to separatethem for placing the towels in the rack, all as hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved towel-rack with a towelheld thereby. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the rack, partly in section,and with the rollers in position for holding the towels, and Fig. 3 isan end elevation of the rack with the inner or clamping roller thrownback for placing towels in the rack.

The letters A A indicate the opposite end brackets of the towelrack,which. are made alike and preferably of cast metal, and with holesthrough which screws or nails may be passed for fastening them to apartition, wall, or other support.

Each bracket A has a bearing, a, in which the reduced end b of the outertowel-holding roller, B, is journaled, and a cam or eccentric plate, 0,is hung on each end I) of roller B, between its end shoulders and thebrackets A, said cams having finger-pieces c, for convenience inoperating them.

At D is shown the inner or towel-clamping roller, which is supported byits reduced ends din slots E, formed in the brackets A. Behind the slotsE, in line with and opening into them, are formed recesses F, makinghearings or supports in which presserpins G Model.)

one or both of the cams O O will be turned" by pressing down on theirfinger-pieces c, which carries the eccentric faces of the cams againstthe roller D to force it back against the tension of the springs H, asin Fig. 3, when one corner or end of the towel may be passed between therollers B D, from the top. preferably, and when the cams are turned backagain, as in Figs. 1 and 2, the springs H will force the roller Doutward, and the towel or towels will be held firmly betweenthe rollers.

Should one or more towels be in the rack, and it is desired to hanganother towel therefrom, aeam, O, at one end of the rack only need beturned to separate the rollers at that end to allow the extra towel tobe placed between the rollers without dropping those already in therack.

To remove the towels, it only is necessary to pull them from between therollers, which turn as the towels are drawn out, thus preventing damageto the towels, as will readily be understood.

I am aware that a towel-rack composed. of two rollers journaled in abracket, one of the said rollers being pressed toward the other rollerby a spring, is old and I therefore do not claim such invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A towel-rack comprising a fixed roller and an adjustable roller,bot-h supported in end brackets, springs tending to hold the rollers incontact, and cams hung on one of the rollers and acting when turned toseparate the rollers, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, in a towel-rack, of the brackets A A, roller B,journaled in bracket-bearings a, a roller, D, journaled in thebracket-slots E, presscnpins G, springs H,

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and the cams C C, mounted on the roller B, substantially as herein setforth.

3. The combination in a towel-rack with the brackets A, provided eachwith a -s1ot, JOSEPH BERGSTEN WVitnesses:

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springs H, and the cams O on the roller B, as set forth.

5 E, and a recess, F, of roller B, journa1ed in the outer ends of saidbrackets, the roller 1), journaled in the slots E, the pins G, the,

